It was New Year's Eve, and there was a heavy snowfall in Da'an. In the warm hall, there was a table of sumptuous dishes. Li Zhifeng warmed up the wine and said to Nie Dan, "Brother, we respect you..."
"... I love you." You Miao replied.
With a thud, Li Zhifeng couldn't help laughing immediately. Nie Dan's face was flushed and he was very embarrassed. You Miao smiled shamelessly and said, "I'm telling the truth. I don't want big brother in the south, I want you. Come to my villa to knead the dough and farm the fields."
Nie Dan smiled and said, "Okay, okay. Second brother, fourth brother, and eldest brother also toast you. He is really my good brother."
Nie Dan was not good at expressing his feelings, and that was embarrassing, but it was the limit of his enthusiasm. You Miao knew very well that they would get together again in Da'an, thousands of miles away from Jiangnan. Not easy.
On New Year's Eve, there is snow in the south of the Yangtze River.
Zhao Chao stood in the imperial garden and looked up at the sky. Dark clouds covered him, he let out a long sigh.
"Your Majesty." Qiao Rong came over and bowed slightly.
"All the officials are in the hall." Qiao Rong gave a slight salute, Zhao Chao turned around, looked at Qiao Rong's face, vaguely remembered the kid who was smiling and making jokes.
"Ziqian and Li Zhifeng didn't say when to come back?" Zhao Chao said lightly.
Qiao Rong smiled, shook her head, and said, "That kid has an idea since he was a child. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about him."
Zhao Chao took Qiao Rong's hand, and the two emperors and empress went to the Minghuang Hall hand in hand to entertain the court's Chinese martial arts, Li Yan, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, six ministers, and Xie Hui, all of them. , said with a smile: "Every love Qing, please have a good time today."
For many years, nothing happened that the officials expected, Zhao Chao never made it difficult for the literati, and everyone gradually became less worried. Zhao Chao said again: "I wish General Nie who is in the end of the world. It is a shame for the country and the family. I dare not forget it one day. I hope to recover the Central Plains as soon as possible."
All of them had complex expressions on their faces, nodded one after another, and drank their thoughts in different ways.
This was the first time Zhao Chao mentioned Nie Dan at the New Year's Eve banquet in several years, and no one could guess the mood of this moody emperor. However, only Qiao Rong was present, and the reason why Zhao Chao thought of Nie Dan was just when he was in the garden for a while, so he gave birth to sighs from the ends of the earth and felt it.
Halfway through the banquet, someone from outside the palace came in in a hurry and whispered a few words in Pingxi's ear. Pingxi got up immediately and came to Zhao Chao. The two whispered for a while, and Zhao Chao left the table without even bothering to say anything. Come to the side hall.
A Colonel Rongguan in the Central Plains stood in the side hall with Lin Ke, who was busy with dust.
"Stop." Zhao Chao said, "Why did you all run north?"
After New Year's Eve, the northern country is like a snowy swamp, thousands of miles of carved fences and jade, rivers and mountains like belts.
On the third day of the new year, all the members of the Tatar royal family set off, and Batu led two thousand guards, as well as Prince Gegen, and all the Tatar ministers, and went to the White Wolf Mountain to hunt.
Li Zhifeng had already prepared his horses, but the situation was not right, and he was ready to escape at any time. This time, the Tartars joined their two Han people and the Quanrong people in the large-scale hunt.
But Batu protected You Miao and the others very well, and did not let the Quanrong people meet them. Sikelan and others followed Prince Gegen's troops, while Li Zhifeng and You Miao joined Batu's personal guard.
There seemed to be a tense atmosphere spreading between the two sides. You Miao didn't know what would happen next. After Lin Ke and the others returned, his news was in a blind state. Previously, I stayed in the post house in Da'an City, staying at home and being watched every step of the way. Now that I have finally come out, I must listen to the news.
This time the march was a lot slower than the last time when everyone was running fast. At noon, Batu called You Miao over to have lunch in his car. You Miao knew that Batu was about to start moving.
"If I give you all the Quanrong people." Batu asked Li Zhifeng: "His Royal Highness Sanado, are you sure you can make Sikelan and others submit to you before Daleko returns?"
Li Zhifeng refused without thinking, "Impossible, they are all from my eldest brother."
"If you arrest them." Batu asked again, "What about handing over the power of life and death to you?"
Li Zhifeng frowned, and You Miao realized that Batu might have to make a big move this time.
"I'll try my best." Li Zhifeng thought about it and replied, "What is your Majesty going to do with them?"
Batu: "He Motieer wants to take advantage of this spring hunting opportunity to cooperate with Sikhland, let my elder brother lure me out, and then try to shoot me."
"Then what should I do?" You Miao knew it was inappropriate to speak, but she still couldn't help but blurt out: "Batumo, are you going to..."
"It's impossible to kill my eldest brother." Batu didn't mind, and replied: "When I was a child, he often played with me, and I couldn't kill him. If I kill him, the ministers will be afraid of me. But He Motie'er The matter of the general needs to be resolved. This time he has begun to fear me, and the more desperate a person is, the easier it is to show his fault. I will try to solve him first, and then arrest the rebel soldiers. "
"Sanado, I need you to attend the banquet in the evening of the Spring Hunting. Also, I need you to help me listen to He Motie'er's tone." Batu said, "He already knew that you were here. In addition, there are other arrangements. If possible, try to stabilize him first, so that he thinks that I have no intention of touching him. If he does not act in the spring hunting, it will be difficult for me to convict him and deal with him. "
Li Zhifeng nodded thoughtfully, and You Miao knew what Batu meant. In addition to Spring Hunting, if He Motieer was smart enough, he must have made other arrangements—for example, let Gegen's men occupy Da'an City. After Batu's death, he usurped power with lightning speed.
Batu should be ready. The Queen Mother Baoyin also has her own people. Now it's all about how to clean up He Motie'er. According to Batu's plan, the attack was launched the day before the Spring Hunting. As for how to go about it, Batu didn't say, and Li Zhifeng didn't ask, after all, it was Tartar's own business.